Becoming A Security Engineer

 

Admission to the Register

To be accepted in the register you must:

  • Be professionally qualified with an Engineering Council licensed professional institution, e.g. Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), at EngTech, IEng or CEng level. A full list of Engineering Council licensed institutions is available here. 
  • If you are not professionally qualified, you will be expected to demonstrate the generic competences for the relevant grade (Technician/Ordinary Member/Principal) as shown in Appendix A. You must also hold the relevant academic base as shown in the table below. 
  • If you are not professionally qualified, and do not possess the relevant academic base for the grade you wish to obtain, you may apply via the RSES Technical Report Route. Please refer to TRR Guidance for further details. 
  • Be successful at the RSES Professional Review.

Eligibility Criteria – Technician

Academic Base                                    Relevant HNC or equivalent

Generic competence                         Technician or equivalent

Indicative experience                        Necessary and sufficient                                                                                experience on relevant work at                                                                    EngTech level of responsibility                                                                    or equivalent

Specific competencies                        Technician or equivalent                                                                               RSES Guidance Document

 

Eligibility Criteria – Ordinary Member 

Academic Base                                    Relevant BSc or equivalent

Generic competence                         Incorporated or equivalent

Indicative experience                        Necessary and sufficient                                                                                experience at IEng level of                                                                            responsibility or equivalent in                                                                      relevant discipline

Specific competencies                      incorporated or equivalent                                                                          RSES Guidance Document

 

 

Eligibility Criteria – Principal

Academic Base                                    Relevant Master’s degree or                                                                         equivalent

Generic competence                         Chartered or equivalent

Indicative experience                        Necessary and sufficient                                                                                experience on relevant work at                                                                    CEng level of responsibility                                                                          or equivalent in relevant                                                                                discipline

Specific competencies                      Chartered or equivalent                                                                                  RSES Guidance Document